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• High blood pressure

  Find out about high blood pressure, including how to find out if you have it, what causes it and what you can do to lower it.

• High blood pressure (hypertension) and pregnancy

  Find out how having high blood pressure can affect your pregnancy and why you'll need specialist care. There is also information on pre-eclampsia.

• Pulmonary hypertension

  Pulmonary hypertension is high blood pressure in the blood vessels that supply the lungs. It's a serious condition that can damage the right side of the heart.

• Intracranial hypertension

  Intracranial hypertension is a build-up of pressure around the brain. It can cause severe headaches and problems with your vision.

• Blood pressure test

  Find out why a blood pressure test is important, how it's done and what your blood pressure reading might mean.

• Low blood pressure (hypotension)

  Find out about low blood pressure (hypotension), including what the symptoms are, when to get your blood pressure checked and treatments for low blood pressure.

• Enalapril: a medicine to treat high blood pressure

  NHS information about the medicine enalapril, including what it's used for, who can take it, how to take it and side effects.

• Pre-eclampsia

  Pre-eclampsia is a condition in pregnancy that causes high blood pressure. Find out about the symptoms and how it is treated.

• High cholesterol

  Find out what cholesterol is, what causes high cholesterol, why it's important to keep your cholesterol levels under control, and how to lower your cholesterol.

• Pulmonary hypertension - Diagnosis

  Read about the various tests that can be used to help diagnose pulmonary hypertension.